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Acherontia atropos (29531108221)🦋

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SpeciesLepidopteraSphingidae
Arthropods

🦋Acherontia atropos

Acherontia atropos Linnaeus, 1758

Бра́жник ме́ртва голова́ (Acherontia atropos) — комаха родини бражників. Один з 3 видів тропічного роду; єдиний вид роду у фауні України.

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Also called
African death head's hawkmoth, deaths head hawkmoth, greater death's head hawkmoth
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumArthropoda
  3. ›classInsecta
  4. ›orderLepidoptera
  5. ›familySphingidae
  6. ›genusAcherontia
  7. ›speciesAcherontia atropos
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  1. classInsects · Insecta
  2. orderButterflies & moths · Lepidoptera
  3. tribeAcherontiini
  4. genusAcherontia
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. subphylumHexapoda
  4. classInsects · Insecta
  5. subclassPterygota
  6. superorderAmphiesmenoptera
  7. orderButterflies & moths · Lepidoptera
  8. suborderGlossata
  9. superfamilyBombycoidea
  10. familySphingidae
  11. subfamilySphinginae
  12. tribeAcherontiini
  13. genusAcherontia
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dødninghode (nb), Totenkopfschwärmer (de), lišaj smrtihlav (cs), pääkallokiitäjä (fi), Sphinx tête de mort (fr), doodshoofdvlinder (nl) … and 20 more languages
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Acherontia atropos (29531108221)Acherontia atropos Calceranica 01
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